Vietnamese Subtitles For Movies

[Xena Donovan]

Ihope someone can help me with a problem I am having with my Roku TV. I am trying to watch a movie with Vietnamese subtitles, but the subtitles are not displaying correctly on my Roku TV. Some characters are missing or are displayed as squares, and I think this may be related to a font issue.

I have tried checking the encoding of the subtitle file and making sure that it is in UTF-8 format, but the problem persists. I have also tried different streaming services and apps (Plex/Emby Server), but the issue still occurs.

We understand how important it is to have accurate and clear subtitles while watching movies, and we would like to help in any way possible. If you could provide us with some additional details such as if the issue occurs on a specific movie/tv show, what channel are you using to stream the movie/tv show, and any error messages or codes you may have received, having more information helps us identify the issue.

The issue I am having is with Vietnamese subtitles on my Roku TV. Some characters are missing or displayed as squares, and I think this might be related to a font issue. I tried using Plex and Emby to stream my movies on my NAS. Using Plex and Emby on the PC can display the soft subs well, but Plex and Emby on my Roku TV are not, so I assume the problem is the font on the TV itself.

We'd like to take a closer look to see if there's anything else we can suggest to help. Just to verify, have you tried any other movies or content with subtitles if you see the same issue? What are the steps to reproduce the issue you are seeing?

Hi, Yes, I tried many movies. I also tried separate subfiles and soft subfiles. Both have the same issue. I can send you a srt file for you to test on your device. Use it on any movie you have. Can I have your email, or somewhere that I can send a file.

I haven't been this jealous in a long time, though I'm watching a know-it-all auteur director torture yet another Hollywood Vietnam War movie. You know, the kind with the stereotypical peasants in straw conical hats getting yelled and shot at, and the hackneyed U.S. soldiers full of fear and drugs blowing up everything. At least this flick doesn't have an overused prostitute archetype selling the line "me love you long time."

What I'm actually watching is Episode 4 of the HBO miniseries "The Sympathizer," based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen. True to the book, the show about a half-French, half-Vietnamese spy is biting commentary on America's Vietnam War literature and movies. Also true to the book, the miniseries doesn't spare us Vietnamese, either. There's plenty of hypocritical guilt on both sides.

Three decades ago, I had 15 minutes' worth of lines in Oliver Stone's "Heaven and Earth," even a scene with Tommy Lee Jones. Then, the American public didn't have an appetite for movies with subtitles. When we Vietnamese actors spoke our lines with other Vietnamese characters, we spoke American English standing in for Vietnamese. When we talked to American characters, however, we had to speak pidgin English.

How can we forget what Oliver Stone did for our community? When I first read his screenplay for "Heaven and Earth," I cried. In the 1990s, when Asians in general, let alone Vietnamese Americans, almost never saw ourselves represented on TV or the big screen, Oliver amplified the story of a village girl who should have remained invisible to history.

Oliver based his 1993 film on Le Ly Hayslip's memoirs recounting her childhood in Central Vietnam. Because her village was caught between communist North Vietnam and the Washington-backed South Vietnam, she became a teenage Viet Cong guerilla then grew into a survivor entrepreneur, and finally a widow and philanthropist in California.

Coincidentally, Le Ly, a big sister to me since we met during the filming of "Heaven and Earth," introduced me to Viet Thanh Nguyen over email in 2017 after The New York Times published his column with the headline, "The Great Vietnam War Novel Was Not Written by an American."

In his column, the University of Southern California associate professor wrote about Le Ly: "I came across her book as a college student at Berkeley in the early 1990s. It moved me deeply, not only because it was a compelling memoir, but also because it was one of the few books in English by a Vietnamese writer. (Co-written, in her case, with Jay Wurts.)"

This month, I finally met Nguyen in person in Washington, D.C., at a small dinner before his Smithsonian Q&A session on adapting his book for the screen. Greeting me, the professor-turned-producer smiled and said it was good of me to pay respect to Kieu Chinh, whom he called "a hustler."

I knew immediately that he meant it as a compliment, and we marveled that at the age of 86, Kieu Chinh is still working so hard in such an unforgiving industry as Hollywood. The cinema legend still loves her craft.

Lucky for my husband and me that we met Nguyen in a small group. That night at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art, the auditorium was packed with people who had a lot of questions. The Q&A was co-presented with the Vietnam Society and moderated by Sylvia Chong, an associate professor at the University of Virginia and author of "The Oriental Obscene: Violence and Racial Fantasies in the Vietnam Era."

One question stood out for me, from an older Vietnamese gentleman who asked in English: "You have been living in Hollywood as the ministry of information for the U.S. and now you have 'sympathized' with Hollywood. How much Vietnamese do you think the (miniseries) has?"

Viet Thanh Nguyen, charming and unruffled throughout the night, answered: "I realize I am living in a contradiction of many many layers. I was going to do a cameo (for "The Sympathizer") and I told (co-showrunner) Park Chan-wook, look, I want to get blown up. I want you to blow me up in filming because I deserve it as someone who has sold out to Hollywood."

"You put it in a much nicer way," Nguyen told the older Vietnamese scholar. "But I think I have to give Hollywood some credit. Hollywood has changed. Hollywood is not exactly the same as it was in the 1970s that is being satirized in the novel and in the TV series."

"At every turn, I expected the worst and at every turn, Hollywood surprised me. And I think it was because we assembled the right team of collaborators. I gave the book over to my collaborators at HBO and A24 and I thought this is worth the risk," Nguyen said.

"The novel is a lever to move certain things in the world and it succeeded and it sold a lot of copies and then we have a TV series. And hopefully the TV series can be a lever, with all its flaws, in order to hopefully budge the world a little bit more so that the next Vietnamese, Asian American production to come out of Hollywood will have even more stories, more opportunities for actors and providers."

For elementary or intermediate learners who want to improve your listening or pick up new vocabulary, watching with Vietnamese subtitles can make native language material (which may be too fast or full of slang) accessible to you.

Fan-made subtitles for dramas and movies worldwide. Most Vietnamese videos on the site have been subbed in English, with a sizeable number also available in French and sometimes other languages. Update 2022: Only one show, Running Man, is available on viki.

Thanks for the video list. I will try. Talking with many overseas students at our local university, they have learnt English this way. I have tried before, but now I have a lot more vocabulary under my belt, it might be a little easier.

Second, choose a movie that you can understand 70% of if. A learning material that is right for you is the one just above your current level. Else, you are just going to feel frustrated and lose the interest to learn.

Lucky for you, most of the movies on my list are short. So if You are a beginner, you can try playing the movie one time, copy down key vocabulary words that you don't understand, and check the dictionary. Then watch the movie again with Vietnamese subtitles and use the vocabulary list to help you understand the movie better.

If you know other great Vietnamese movies with subtitles, especially not the romantic ones, please tell me in the comment section below. I'll add them to this growing movie list so others can use it to learn as well!

Learning a new language can be a daunting task, but modern technology has provided us with numerous tools to make the process easier and more enjoyable. One particularly effective method is learning Vietnamese by watching movies with subtitles. This approach offers a plethora of advantages that can significantly enhance your language acquisition journey.

One of the greatest benefits of learning Vietnamese through movies is the immersion in authentic language. Movies provide exposure to the way native speakers actually use the language in various contexts. This includes colloquial expressions, slang, and cultural nuances that you might not find in textbooks.

Contextual Learning: Watching characters interact in different settings allows you to learn vocabulary and phrases that are context-specific, making it easier to remember and use them appropriately.

Subtitles as Learning Tools: Subtitles can be incredibly useful for language learners. Watching movies with Vietnamese audio and English subtitles, or vice versa, allows you to follow along and understand the dialogue better.

Recommendations: Seek recommendations from language learning communities, forums, or Vietnamese friends. They can suggest movies that are not only entertaining but also beneficial for learning.

Fast-paced Dialogue: Native speakers in movies often speak quickly, making it hard to catch every word. Solution: Start with movies that have slower dialogue or rewatch scenes to improve comprehension.

Maintaining Motivation: Staying motivated can be tough, especially during challenging scenes or movies. Solution: Choose movies that genuinely interest you and mix genres to keep things exciting.

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